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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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@dragasalt7493
@dragasalt7493 3 года назад
POV: Your English teacher made a new assignment called "The Danger of a Single Story" with this video linked
@alexlane6940
@alexlane6940 3 года назад
bruh thats me rn
@AlstenE18
@AlstenE18 3 года назад
this is also me right now jsjkdj-
@casmentisaac3167
@casmentisaac3167 3 года назад
That is also me right now
@yaboiwonka8913
@yaboiwonka8913 3 года назад
She gave us a 20 minute video with 25 minutes left in class and we gotta finish b4 that
@tolubakare_
@tolubakare_ 3 года назад
William Claudio . dat comment juss hit me cuz dats exactly wat I’m goin thru rn 😂😂
@axeld2150
@axeld2150 3 года назад
Well, well, well, well, look who is here from their classes in this corona time.
@tsokkou4932
@tsokkou4932 3 года назад
Ah yes, a JJBA fan.
@plumrexsupreme1038
@plumrexsupreme1038 3 года назад
U.S history?
@okOKokOKok1111
@okOKokOKok1111 3 года назад
@@plumrexsupreme1038 biology for me
@colinostrosky6511
@colinostrosky6511 3 года назад
World History
@Alphafoxtrot5950
@Alphafoxtrot5950 3 года назад
I dont wanna watch no damn 20 minute video
@4everviolet
@4everviolet 2 месяца назад
anyone on here in 2024?
@itsTrypsin
@itsTrypsin Месяц назад
I'm here
@superluludu69
@superluludu69 Месяц назад
I have a dream
@shadracksemahbangura9430
@shadracksemahbangura9430 Месяц назад
Sure 😊
@shadracksemahbangura9430
@shadracksemahbangura9430 Месяц назад
I keep going for this everytime my mind strike there
@blessingnkobuh942
@blessingnkobuh942 20 дней назад
Yes
@aritradas2059
@aritradas2059 6 месяцев назад
this is a required reading that was given for a class today in 2024. the fact that this was spoken 14 years ago and is just as powerful as it was before is insane
@braydenreimann8718
@braydenreimann8718 6 месяцев назад
Purdue?
@Steveobrine_Official
@Steveobrine_Official 4 месяца назад
Procrastinating on the assignment reading these comments 💀
@jessezhang1543
@jessezhang1543 Месяц назад
Substitute Africa for China and you'll probably have epiphany moment lol, if you also grew up with the "mainstream" western media
@caniscuriosum3386
@caniscuriosum3386 Месяц назад
Fourteen years ago really wasn't that long ago, but I get what you're saying.
@aritradas2059
@aritradas2059 Месяц назад
@@caniscuriosum3386 lmao it is I was 8 years old then like in grade 2
@ahmedmudassar8511
@ahmedmudassar8511 8 лет назад
"The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete"
@AqibA.C.
@AqibA.C. 8 лет назад
I loved that part. No negativity, only understanding.
@GrasshopperRDG
@GrasshopperRDG 6 лет назад
I absolutely* most definitely and emphatically agree with you on this, 100%!!!~
@haydengray4200
@haydengray4200 6 лет назад
Ahmed Mudassar well said
@TeKeyaKrystal
@TeKeyaKrystal 6 лет назад
that line stuck out to me as well !
@TraceysHappyPlace
@TraceysHappyPlace 6 лет назад
and our world is full of stereotypes - racial, religious, sexual and sexualities, gender, age etc. sometimes we find it easier to stereotype than to learn, to experience, to get to know, to understand. when we stereotype we take the easy way out and it deprives us of knowing the wonder that is humaniity in all it's different forms and that is truly sad
@_curiouscat
@_curiouscat 4 года назад
"that is how you create a single story, show a people as one thing. As only one thing, over and over again and that is what they become" 9:27 "power is the ability to not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person" 10:13 "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story" 13:12 "The consequence of the single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition four equal humanity difficult, it emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar" 13:55 "when we reject the single story. when we realize that there is never a single story of any place, we regain a kind of paradise" 18:22 some highlights for yalls essays/assignments.
@valara1699
@valara1699 4 года назад
BLESS
@kadeemdrysdale1546
@kadeemdrysdale1546 4 года назад
I needed this 😂😂
@skydizzyy
@skydizzyy 4 года назад
omg!! thanks this helped me out!!!! xoxo
@leilanip5089
@leilanip5089 4 года назад
alo-san thanks for doing my homework for me 👍
@natcorrea7421
@natcorrea7421 4 года назад
THANK YOU!!! I just realized I needed some quotes and these were just the lines that I needed
@ayah_sjsu
@ayah_sjsu 8 месяцев назад
This is FOURTEEN years old, and it STILL resonates so deeply! There are wars happening because those who have power are bending the narrative and only showing one side of the story. God bless you, Chimamanda.
@lamilekanhamzah
@lamilekanhamzah 8 месяцев назад
Honestly, it's a timeless speech
@singingalbert3623
@singingalbert3623 8 месяцев назад
@@lamilekanhamzahyeah honestly its over rated
@Prof.SeverusSnape
@Prof.SeverusSnape 6 месяцев назад
​@@singingalbert3623 reading isn't your skill suit.😊
@kelvisaisawesome
@kelvisaisawesome 5 месяцев назад
Yea I came here last year because of my English teacher, this year I came because of my English prof. Truly an amazing speech and an important idea to be aware of
@kelvisaisawesome
@kelvisaisawesome 5 месяцев назад
@@Prof.SeverusSnape”this is a timeless piece” “I agree, this is trash” “What?” “What?”
@teeihezue
@teeihezue 2 года назад
12 years later and this talk is as educating as it's captivating ❤️
@Koruvax
@Koruvax Год назад
I come back every other year or so and listen again. It's such an incredible message.
@eflteacherayala
@eflteacherayala Год назад
@@Koruvax me too
@VenemoussonYT
@VenemoussonYT Год назад
EPS PEOPLE PLEASE COMMENT
@megxoCFC
@megxoCFC Год назад
13years strong 💪💪💪
@chikezieokorocha5994
@chikezieokorocha5994 Год назад
Absolutely!!
@toluwasethomas600
@toluwasethomas600 3 года назад
Her story telling skills is top-notch. Her narration is captivating. Her story makes me want to become a storyteller myself.
@natalieguzman1063
@natalieguzman1063 3 года назад
if only i could speak as intelligent as she delivers, i could only wish! shes simply amazing!!
@toluwasethomas600
@toluwasethomas600 3 года назад
@@Mgbaks this isnt just about being brilliant because everyone is brilliant in their rights. It's about learning the skill of story telling, and just like any other skill out there, this can be learned too. You just need the right teacher or right resources to learn it. Like you said its possible to hit a wall in the learning process, but fact is that, any wall can be surmounted Of course we all have different learning pace, but with consistency and hard work time and right mindset, you can be a better storyteller
@toluwasethomas600
@toluwasethomas600 3 года назад
​@@Mgbaks Actually, what gives mastery in a skill or vocation is consistency, hardwork and practice. Definitely not merely IQ. I agree that high IQ "may" give you an edge at the beginning compared to other folks with lower IQ. But consistency and hardwork is more powerful on the long-run in order to achieve mastery. A person with high IQ but little or no consistency will hardly achieve mastery. Chimamanda in this case has been. tremendously consistent and hardworking in public speaking, writing and delivery, thats why she is this excellent. I believe that any other person can achieve the same mastery with commensurate level of diligence and hardwork and consistency
@emmanuelibu3620
@emmanuelibu3620 3 года назад
The conversation here between Toluwase & Ryan just emphasizes the reason why Nigerians - especially those in the diaspora - do relatively better than other Africans. Our relentless belief in achieving the seemingly unachievable is second to none. Dear @Natalie Guzman, believe me talent is important but nothing beats hard work & consistency, if you put in constant effort, I promise you'd be a better speaker than Adichie in no time, just believe in yourself okay. For the record Adichie didn't grow up speaking publicly, she was actually a science student in secondary school here in Nigeria, that means she had little to no background in literature, I know this because I was one, she even started off as a medical student in the University before leaving for the US. You can be anything you want to be okay. Believe it!
@toluwasethomas600
@toluwasethomas600 3 года назад
@@emmanuelibu3620 Exactly! Exactly!! "You can be anything you want to be okay. Believe it!" Thats the word. Thats the mindset. Thats the key. Thank you for the input Emmanuel
@jonahlindhe756
@jonahlindhe756 3 года назад
Why is noone talking about how good of a speaker she is?
@LeonWilias
@LeonWilias 3 года назад
I imagine because we are not surprised a popular, university educated, author can do public speaking. Why did you feel this was worth pointing out?
@jonahlindhe756
@jonahlindhe756 3 года назад
@@LeonWilias It was a compliment. It is rare to see someone give a presentation without long pauses, filler words and "um"s. I really just wanted to point out that she was a great speaker, I might have phrased it the wrong way, but I couldn't find any other comments about it.
@LeonWilias
@LeonWilias 3 года назад
@@jonahlindhe756 apologies for being accusatory, but when I hear that comment about POC it reminds me of Chris rocks "he speaks so well" routine, which I would warn has rather strong language
@jonahlindhe756
@jonahlindhe756 3 года назад
@@LeonWiliasok!
@liviaa.c.4908
@liviaa.c.4908 3 года назад
Right? My anxiety could never
@AngryGroceries0
@AngryGroceries0 Год назад
"The single story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story." This is the quote I most resonated with and my main takeaway. This is an excellent way of looking at things.
@ihyDJ2x
@ihyDJ2x 10 месяцев назад
imma just take this for my essay... ily
@Bongbongo
@Bongbongo 9 месяцев назад
ong this came in clutch ☠ bro has no idea what he's done for us @@ihyDJ2x
@PartridgeAves
@PartridgeAves 8 месяцев назад
​@@ihyDJ2xyeah that's what you can do only instead of reflecting on what she said
@ihyDJ2x
@ihyDJ2x 8 месяцев назад
@@PartridgeAves I did reflect, and I didn't sit here and cry in yt comments so yk
@danthiel8623
@danthiel8623 8 месяцев назад
yes
@danderry2904
@danderry2904 Год назад
Who else is just discovering this speach in 2023 👏👏 chimamanda is a living legend because the single story has become even more true in our present day.
@jinjin8719
@jinjin8719 Год назад
Precisely🎯
@cynthiachinazaezeh4728
@cynthiachinazaezeh4728 11 месяцев назад
Me 😅
@AichatouGarbaHassane
@AichatouGarbaHassane 6 месяцев назад
me 2024
@kelvisaisawesome
@kelvisaisawesome 5 месяцев назад
I think it’s breaking down but its existence is becoming obvious
@kylebaker5069
@kylebaker5069 3 года назад
"The single story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story." -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 13:10
@siomonfuller5567
@siomonfuller5567 3 года назад
You are intelligent man bro..you just inspired me
@TDPlayz
@TDPlayz 3 года назад
@@siomonfuller5567 wait what
@ifunanyaonwujekwe2936
@ifunanyaonwujekwe2936 3 года назад
@@siomonfuller5567 whaatt... Thats just a quote of what the lady was saying...
@katieallen3142
@katieallen3142 3 года назад
this was my main takeaway as well!
@PaleRook
@PaleRook 3 года назад
I always found it weird that you can spin this to have her be the one making stereotypes about stereotypes using her one perspective 🤔
@RodfulRod
@RodfulRod 4 года назад
Who’s here because of English homework? And this Ted Talk is actually interesting
@abigailgichia2150
@abigailgichia2150 4 года назад
Mee😂
@rashmigurung9725
@rashmigurung9725 4 года назад
me
@Someone-uj2xc
@Someone-uj2xc 4 года назад
Me 😂
@emanh7478
@emanh7478 4 года назад
Roddy Rod hahahah meeeee
@mcclendonco
@mcclendonco 4 года назад
Me
@favouramy8348
@favouramy8348 2 месяца назад
14 years ago and I am still listening...who else is in this boat with me?
@lordfedjoe
@lordfedjoe Месяц назад
Omg me too. 😅
@user-pf6ve1jx6p
@user-pf6ve1jx6p 14 дней назад
Listening every year and sharing
@PhilipAmarachukwuQueen-cw1ot
@PhilipAmarachukwuQueen-cw1ot 4 дня назад
😢
@frogmn9406
@frogmn9406 Год назад
I'm so glad that I clicked on this video. I come from China and in the US, I was often asked "what do you think of the CCP/democracy"? "Do you have freedom?" by people who barely know me. These questions appeared very offensive to me but I didn't know how to convey this feeling of discomfort to people. Whenever I say, there's so much more a person than her/his political idealogies, and Chinese people have complex thoughts and lives, westerners think I'm defending CCP or I'm against democracy or something. Now, this speech illuminated me. It doesn't matter whether how I think of a certain subject matter, the reason why I felt offended is because when they see a Chinese person, they think of totalitarianism, censorship, and you name it, just like when they see a Mexican person, they think of immigration. This single story "robbed me of dignity" (14:00 ). Now I'm back in China. It's spring now, and there are bamboo shoots on the mountains in the region where I live. This weekend, my family is driving to the mountains to pick bamboo shoots and we're gonna make a bamboo shoots feast. This is just a very trivial story that randomly came up to my mind, but it is as important as any other story, unfortunately no one from the west has ever heard of them.
@Bell_plejdo568p
@Bell_plejdo568p 5 месяцев назад
There country isn't a "democracy" and the also don't care they only do this to feel superior
@carlbensoncarreon4593
@carlbensoncarreon4593 8 лет назад
My idea about Africa has changed after I listened to her speech. Indeed, there is a danger of a single story. Very inspiring and informative.
@solpan6828
@solpan6828 8 лет назад
+Manong Caloy i think her point was not only africa but also any race and just to not listen to one story of a situation but to also try to see both sides as well
@MythologySkate
@MythologySkate 8 лет назад
me too. this was truly amazing.
@elizabetha2809
@elizabetha2809 8 лет назад
Yes really informative. When I moved from Nigeria to Canada. I got a job in no time, I was told I performed best at my interview. When I started working, my colleagues were shocked at my English and communication skills. They kept asking me where I learnt how to speak English. I told them everything I learnt were from my Nigerian education and that was the first time I would move out of my country. My husband answered the same ridiculous questions, as people were asking him if there were houses in Nigeria. They had formed a stereotype of Nigerians just from the "SOS sponsor-a-child advert videos they see on TV" I saw those videos too, those places were villages of countries in Africa. And you could sponsor a child as was the gesture offered due to pity from the white people. But they didn't know that those were rural areas and that doesn't mean there are no cities. In Canada, I have seen homeless people on the streets looking really dirty and unkempt. And I was shocked as well.
@carlosalejandrofernandez5394
@carlosalejandrofernandez5394 7 лет назад
Manong Caloy hombre sexi
@ChicoMds
@ChicoMds 7 лет назад
Yeah same here, she is also a very good communicator. I love the way she speaks!
@user-cl3wj6rc6y
@user-cl3wj6rc6y 2 года назад
I'm from Russia. Ten years ago, when I first watched this talk, I found it important, meaningful, deep and wonderfully told. But I could never imagine that once in my country it would suddenly become so utterly relevant. The single story can kill. And can be told in order to make kill.
@JosymarThomas
@JosymarThomas Год назад
I understand That is what is happening with the people in your country, no one is telling other stories rather than war. It is so sad. It requires courage to do so.
@julietmoraa5106
@julietmoraa5106 10 месяцев назад
💔💔
@chiemeka4709
@chiemeka4709 Год назад
One of the greatest Ted talk ever delivered. How Chimamanda breaks down words and communicate her thoughts to her audience is out of this world.
@anantikamehra1694
@anantikamehra1694 8 лет назад
She speaks so eloquently, and yet is not at all pretentious. Love her!
@tec-jones5445
@tec-jones5445 5 лет назад
@The Great Cornholio my sentiments exactly!
@owenzhang5008
@owenzhang5008 5 лет назад
three@@tec-jones5445
@nadie1mayascuz
@nadie1mayascuz 5 лет назад
Black women don't do this with pretention
@badlaamaurukehu
@badlaamaurukehu 5 лет назад
Black speaks English! Clap!
@badlaamaurukehu
@badlaamaurukehu 5 лет назад
@@nadie1mayascuz such bullshit. I was looking up real feminist literature and YT diverted me here. "Fearless" woman!... Ayan Hirsi Ali. Tokens abound. TED used to be...
@marcossanchez-oq5ep
@marcossanchez-oq5ep 7 лет назад
Who came here because you're college professor assign you homework
@thegoodkidboy7726
@thegoodkidboy7726 6 лет назад
Ayy
@Meena14
@Meena14 6 лет назад
marcos sanchez waddupppp
@lesliediaz8382
@lesliediaz8382 5 лет назад
My high school teacher assigned this for homework. I'm in I.B.
@vivianepadilla1692
@vivianepadilla1692 5 лет назад
Highschool 🖐🏻😔
@annalysseturner5833
@annalysseturner5833 5 лет назад
My high school English teacher assigned this but I'm glad because I enjoyed it! :D
@itsmrdazz
@itsmrdazz Месяц назад
As a digital nomad who has spent time with Americans, Mexicans, Indonesians, Indians, and Thai people, I've come to realize the importance of travel in understanding the true reality. It's through these diverse experiences that we break free from the confines of the "matrix" and gain a genuine appreciation for the richness of human existence. So let's keep moving, keep exploring, and keep embracing the world in all its diversity!
@estebanlalosa900
@estebanlalosa900 Год назад
She's really important for our society.
@richardrutto5709
@richardrutto5709 Год назад
We have to be careful about a single story, Many are victim towards the same but encourage a balance story, great, great motivation.
@mbxo__5936
@mbxo__5936 3 года назад
Didn’t come here because of school, just to hear this brilliant woman give very valuable insight.
@halezsocial408
@halezsocial408 3 года назад
EXACTLY LIKE WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE how are people only commenting about their school essays they have to do rather than the amazing woman who is talking
@turtlemandead979
@turtlemandead979 3 года назад
@@halezsocial408 it’s because we were assigned this and most of the time when. A teacher assigns something you do it and don’t care about what it’s about
@petrah4775
@petrah4775 3 года назад
I came here because of school. and im very glad that I got to watch this amazing speach
@lucashbn
@lucashbn 3 года назад
Brazil loves this woman!!!
@joegreene328
@joegreene328 3 года назад
boooooo
@niarey3712
@niarey3712 4 года назад
Can we just take a moment and admire her intelligence and regal beauty wow.
@neooooo6127
@neooooo6127 3 года назад
no
@muhammadhassan8745
@muhammadhassan8745 3 года назад
nah everyone here is making jokes about how this is assigned for school no time for that
@teocatnation4818
@teocatnation4818 3 года назад
She’s really pretty, I love her voice.
@3p1ks
@3p1ks 3 года назад
Can we just take a moment to admire the fact that we were given this for homework?
@muhammadhassan8745
@muhammadhassan8745 3 года назад
@@3p1ks well depends on what part you wanna admire about the fact that we were given this for homework
@briannalee1998
@briannalee1998 Год назад
This is why representation matters and why it's a good thing. I loved it when she said that she loved and appreciated the stories she grew up with, but there was still an unintended consequence where only reading about foreigners made her think (when she was a child) that people like her couldn't exist in stories. While people can love stories regardless of how much they have in common with the main character, there is something about reading a book or watching a movie with someone who has the same struggles as you that is so touching, that makes you feel seen and heard and understood on a level (and in an area of your life) that most people don't. For example, I've been a book worm and a film lover my whole life. I also have cerebral palsy, and while I don't expect or feel the need to have representation in every single book I read or movie I watch, I still love and deeply appreciate representation when it's done. A couple of months ago, I read A Curse So Dark and Lonely where the protagonist had cerebral palsy, and whenever she described how it felt for her to walk and move, I was blown away by how accurate it was and I was touched because I had never read a book where the experience of having CP was described before. There's a spectrum and it's different for everyone, but I could still relate to her and I loved reading it being described so well! I felt understood. As if someone truly knew what it was like. I loved having a character who I could relate to on that level, who had the same struggles and experiences that I had. I would've liked her character regardless since she was a badass, but it was really touching to read about someone who had those same experiences and who understood it. I'm a writer, and some of my characters have cerebral palsy because that's what I know and it's easy to write about. I also want to bring awareness to it, because the more people are aware of something, the less ignorance there will be about it. (And I got bullied a lot because of people being ignorant and not understanding my physical differences, and many people with CP get ostracized or dehumanized because of people's ignorance on CP.) However, not every character I create has CP or will have it, nor does every story have to have a character with CP in order for me to enjoy it. Still, the experience of someone with CP is a naturally easy thing for me to write about based on my life and I also want to spread awareness of it. Awareness is important. When people who are different are in stories (whether they have a disability or they are apart of a racial group that is not seen in stories or media a whole lot) they should be written as fully dimensional human beings because that's what they are. That's what we all are.
@zinaantoanetasabaudarling3344
♥️
@MerchantsOfMisery
@MerchantsOfMisery Год назад
THANK YOU. I get so damn frustrated when I encounter while folks who can't be bothered to learn and understand why representation matters, so I appreciate comments like yours.
@nayakjimit9998
@nayakjimit9998 Год назад
exactly
@ileri-tu2dk
@ileri-tu2dk Год назад
You're very articulate.
@deanwallendorf5406
@deanwallendorf5406 Год назад
I usually never read comments, especially long ones. But as soon as I started reading your comment, I just wanted to continue reading about what you had to say. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this video with everyone!
@JAMoore-zz3ki
@JAMoore-zz3ki Год назад
I'm in college in Colorado, and so far TWO of my respective college professors have assigned us to watch this video. Such an important message. Thank you. EDIT: As of today, Oct 18, THREE professors have now assigned this video. Its message is timeless.
@isaaconah1495
@isaaconah1495 Год назад
Wow that's wonderful
@Emmatriaaa
@Emmatriaaa Год назад
I’ve had to write and reflect about this TED talk all throughout high school and college.
@moranni
@moranni 10 месяцев назад
Do you go to msu denver?
@imashj1
@imashj1 7 месяцев назад
Interestingly enough the same thing happened to me! Two professors assigned this video in the same semester within a week of each other.
@Imonjai_
@Imonjai_ 2 месяца назад
I'm weak asab same
@sidneyrobinson18
@sidneyrobinson18 9 лет назад
Its people like her who change the world for the better
@Larindarr
@Larindarr 8 лет назад
+Sidney Robinson and it is people like her that need out full and massive support. How? listening opening our minds, eyes and hearts. She is the seed, we are the earth, no earth, no plant to grow, no change to grow.
@andrewkingsley9715
@andrewkingsley9715 8 лет назад
+Sidney Robinson I agree. She protected us all from the single sturrrys
@davidgn40
@davidgn40 5 лет назад
@insane hermit idk what's with you making this about race lol don't get so triggered, this video is years old and there didn't seem to be anything racist against whites, just against stereotypes.
@bestrocksinger3513
@bestrocksinger3513 5 лет назад
Sidney Robinson Indeed
@bestrocksinger3513
@bestrocksinger3513 5 лет назад
Apam Merlo Do you really mean that?
@richardparsons7343
@richardparsons7343 5 лет назад
I love this! It parallels the saying, "Until the Lion tells the story the hunter will always be glorified".
@emilyniemen5251
@emilyniemen5251 4 года назад
please could you explain what this saying means?
@truegrit4752
@truegrit4752 4 года назад
I never heard that saying, but I love it!!
@boryanadzhivdzhanova5369
@boryanadzhivdzhanova5369 4 года назад
To me it means that you need more than one story (the other side of the story) in order to gain understanding, rather than take sides. :)
@1jeromeo
@1jeromeo 4 года назад
@@emilyniemen5251 History is written by the victors. Until you hear the `loser's´ story, you haven't heard the whole story.
@mitchellphillips4691
@mitchellphillips4691 4 года назад
The saying is better than the video lol
@sarahanurika3895
@sarahanurika3895 Год назад
"When we reject the single story, when we realized there is never a single story about any place..we regain a kind of paradise"..Awesome!👏👏
@iofprovidenceonu
@iofprovidenceonu 11 месяцев назад
I am from Assam India and have watched this profounding speech when it was released and It's 2023 August today yet I still come back to this though provoking,illuminating and eye opening speech. This speech is perfect in so many ways that it'll always remain relevant as long as the human society exist no matter the decades.
@kikiellender5228
@kikiellender5228 5 лет назад
If you watch this in 2019 you are going to be great
@karabolorraine7718
@karabolorraine7718 5 лет назад
U too dear
@dupsymakydupsy2347
@dupsymakydupsy2347 5 лет назад
Amen
@Mrstotosso
@Mrstotosso 5 лет назад
Amen
@touloncozzetti-stopfensmat5479
Long live a glorious thriving Africa united in the future! WE can defeat Eurocentrism, we can defeat this kind of history, this incomplete story, greetings from Argentina!
@husseinmuhammed1766
@husseinmuhammed1766 5 лет назад
Thanks dear
@paulhuang2773
@paulhuang2773 4 года назад
Online school gang 2020.
@renato1337
@renato1337 4 года назад
Lets go boyyy
@noahbaird4957
@noahbaird4957 4 года назад
Ye sled gang
@stevejacob3843
@stevejacob3843 4 года назад
AYYYY
@tremims8535
@tremims8535 4 года назад
Gang gang gang!
@goatman0123
@goatman0123 4 года назад
420 me no like comment
@jagjots3555
@jagjots3555 Год назад
13 yrs on & her speech is still relevant. Thank you Chimamanda for giving us all a mirror to show others & also to use it to look within ourselves - how perceptions & judgements are formed. It is powerful..
@alinameloyan233
@alinameloyan233 9 месяцев назад
Oh, my God! Everything is so beautiful about Chimamanda: her story, her views, her looks, her moves, etc. She is the epitome of a beautiful human
@kinglordehud
@kinglordehud 3 года назад
I'm seeing this in 2021 and it is still equally relevant as it was.
@norahstansberry6706
@norahstansberry6706 3 года назад
Me too, am in love with a Nigerian man and find myself falling in love with everything Nigeria. My Naija man is a victim of the single story where my friends and family are concerned. When i tell them about his music and wonderful lyrics i just get puzzled looks. Well today 2 Naija artists, Burna Boy and WhizKid won Grammy Awards. Add another story to the library.
@norahstansberry6706
@norahstansberry6706 3 года назад
Ehud, my comment was to you
@munaaliii
@munaaliii 3 года назад
infact more important than ever... blm in 2020
@joysonia6654
@joysonia6654 2 года назад
Am just seeing it today
@juliapilgrim6074
@juliapilgrim6074 2 года назад
So am I and I agree.
@GuapoG0tGuap
@GuapoG0tGuap 3 года назад
POV: you just read the same joke 20 times in the comments
@aliediskasoglu7998
@aliediskasoglu7998 3 года назад
That is eeexactly what happened bro!
@tommasocarrieri1975
@tommasocarrieri1975 3 года назад
and I still laugh at it
@trilingualfudge7307
@trilingualfudge7307 3 года назад
Yes help I was just finding out more about this author and everyone is talking about how this is for their English studies
@-Unidentified_Comment-
@-Unidentified_Comment- 3 года назад
You’re desperate for likes aren’t you
@trilingualfudge7307
@trilingualfudge7307 3 года назад
@@-Unidentified_Comment- oh wow, people need validation on the internet because the world outside them is crumbling around them. What. A. Comback /s
@atyangproscovia4238
@atyangproscovia4238 Год назад
2022, am still here. She is so articulate. I could listen to her the whole year. Thank you for representing Africa Chimamanda.
@samuelesierra
@samuelesierra Год назад
Como colombiano y latinoamericano en general, no tengo palabras para expresar las millones de formas en que ésta Ted Talk me cambió para siempre.
@ladystardust5061
@ladystardust5061 7 лет назад
This was in 2009?!?!?! It still fits with what's going on now nearly 10 years later. Such an amazing speech and woman. So glad my professor made me watch it!
@Fificherie
@Fificherie 5 лет назад
10 years now 😊
@SincerePresence
@SincerePresence 5 лет назад
Yes indeed! Such a sad truth
@wokeaf1337
@wokeaf1337 5 лет назад
and will fit in 10 years from now as well
@Dustshoe
@Dustshoe 4 года назад
The ignorant live blissfully on.
@tell-it7649
@tell-it7649 4 года назад
Honestly and can you believe there racist in this same comment section insulting Mexicans Africans and other groups. Its unbelievable how retards never change.
@babakhanoushii
@babakhanoushii 8 лет назад
I could listen to her speak for days. I love that voice, as well as what she has to say.
@tabithakemunto7915
@tabithakemunto7915 7 лет назад
Waleed Khan true
@britneealisaprescod3780
@britneealisaprescod3780 7 лет назад
Waleed Khan she is fluent the best I have seen to date. I am floored #wow
@warlegend4685
@warlegend4685 6 лет назад
can anyone help me my sir said that I've to watch this vedio and answer the question but I didn't understand the video.
@babakhanoushii
@babakhanoushii 6 лет назад
ÂĦMƏÐ ÂĦMƏÐ I also had to watch this for my first year of college, when I originally posted this comment. If you're still confused, a gross simplification of her message is that she's talking about the nature of stereotypes, and how they formulate when we only hear one type of "story" about a certain group of people.
@thejoesilverbackshow
@thejoesilverbackshow 5 лет назад
She has a keen intelligence and she has the ability to refrain from blanket statements. There is great strength in such calmness.
@viviannenge8361
@viviannenge8361 Год назад
I love it that even though she's lived in the west for most of her life and yet she never loses her African accent. That's AFRICAN AUTHENTICITY 💯💯💯
@bellahadidnt.
@bellahadidnt. 10 месяцев назад
i love that sm
@thecluckster3908
@thecluckster3908 10 месяцев назад
I mean she went to America when she was in college so I’d say it would be hard to lose an accent by then
@nolitetebastardescarborund9761
@nolitetebastardescarborund9761 8 месяцев назад
Why try to lose your accent in your native language? Some gormless Brit once gasped in amazement that I, a US expatriate in France, hadn't lost my American accent! What was I supposed to do, take on a French accent in English? Or take on a British accent in France? I only try to lose my Anglo accent in French!@@thecluckster3908
@mrlij6534
@mrlij6534 8 месяцев назад
lol. i know, im sure u are familiar with some fellow Nigerians that go on vacation for 2 weeks and come back with a new accent, im like cut the bs and talk normally please. lol
@noodlespence8080
@noodlespence8080 Год назад
I'm a junior in high school and was assigned this video. I'm glad they're teaching us the truth younger and younger.
@emimimimimimimi
@emimimimimimimi Год назад
I believe when i first saw it, it was from my Lit teacher in 8th grade. Still impacts me a lot all these years later
@thugwaffle6759
@thugwaffle6759 10 месяцев назад
Watched it in high school and now they're having me watch it again in college.. 😂 love it though
@mirelasemanjaku
@mirelasemanjaku 5 лет назад
Nigeria must be very proud to have her as a daughter and representative of the country. She is beautiful, smart and intellectual. I wish there were more women like her. I am very impressed!
@queeniwearth
@queeniwearth 4 года назад
There are many Nigerian women like this.
@angeg100
@angeg100 4 года назад
About the same way your country might be proud of you. She is a reg black woman. "Imagine
@paularep
@paularep 4 года назад
Queen I-Wisdom Earth this! And also I find kinda annoying the first good quality is ‘being beautiful’
@blackmaleeconomicempowerme6286
@blackmaleeconomicempowerme6286 4 года назад
@Someone from Israel what are u talking about?
@ElijahShawmaliciousboy
@ElijahShawmaliciousboy 4 года назад
@Someone from Israel Lmfao thank generous white people? You do realize that most of the world relys on africa for resources right? They were thriving well before white people came
@joyce7591
@joyce7591 4 года назад
This lady has just allowed me to view Africa in a different light. I am a shame to admit that I am guilty of what she described... i have always viewed Africa as the media has described it. I have never truly tried to understand the people and for that i will now apologize.
@dleoner1
@dleoner1 4 года назад
Joyce, it’s a beautiful thing once you begin to see things the way they’re intended to be seen: through YOUR own lens. I love learning new things about cultures and ethnicities around the world, it gives me a better understanding of how to navigate society but also call out the crappy media who continue to paint with such broad brush strokes.
@danielfayemi2823
@danielfayemi2823 3 года назад
@Joe and who may have told you this?
@quicksilver0294
@quicksilver0294 3 года назад
At least you have recognized your own faults and are doing better - I too have some work to do.
@zgirl-8592
@zgirl-8592 3 года назад
Joyce me being half African I personally forgive you and thank you for being kind enough to know the real story 😁
@nullptr5740
@nullptr5740 3 года назад
im the 5th reply
@carameltessy4639
@carameltessy4639 Год назад
13years later And this woman keeps going strong 💪..give her flowers 💐 She deserve it
@lynno6546
@lynno6546 2 года назад
Shared this with my history classes to help them understand why we all must try our best to learn by listening to many people's stories. They applauded at the end. It was a good day.
@schiros123
@schiros123 3 года назад
"I just read a novel called American Psycho" Vicious lady. I'm in love.
@cherylmartin9031
@cherylmartin9031 3 года назад
Kikikuki about to Google it!
@orangemushroominfield
@orangemushroominfield 8 лет назад
This is why I want to travel. I want to discover countries and their people for myself, not the single stories I hear in Western media. I may not engage with all of them, but at least, more than a single one.
@kalilsarraff8141
@kalilsarraff8141 8 лет назад
Me too Abby, that's exactly what I thought. And not only this, but I would like to travel because I want to have stories to tell. I feel a lack of stories in my life.
@orangemushroominfield
@orangemushroominfield 8 лет назад
Yeah, listening and learning from experienced travellers are always very interesting.
@rohanpuri7899
@rohanpuri7899 7 лет назад
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” ― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It But we aren't all privileged enough to travel. So our preconceived notions can't really be challenged since all we have is a single story of the truth. One sole interpretation of reality that is bound to a an inadequate and distorted one. We can however, attempt to crush our preconceptions by questioning what be take to be truths. Before we can move on to change people mentalities on big issues, we need to make them challenge the mundane.
@orangemushroominfield
@orangemushroominfield 7 лет назад
Rohan Puri Very well said! And too true. Until I have enough money and independence to travel, I can still educate myself and always challenge narrow world views.
@jafaark
@jafaark 7 лет назад
so true Kalil!
@pam8324
@pam8324 2 года назад
Like many of the comments, I was given an assignment about this for my English class senior year of high school but it’s by far the most impact and memorable “assignment” I’ve been given. I say “assignment” cuz once u start listening u forget to answer the questions and about the homework altogether. I’m in college now and I still come back to this from time to time, i love it ❤️
@eguwop516
@eguwop516 Год назад
if possible, can i use your assignment as reference?
@osmansalih8148
@osmansalih8148 Год назад
@@eguwop516yo bro by now you should have finished your assignment can I have it?
@idot3159
@idot3159 Год назад
@@osmansalih8148 yo if you've finished it can i have it?
@rxkadia3854
@rxkadia3854 5 месяцев назад
@@idot3159yo have you finished? can i have yours?
@marianstewartanthony5784
@marianstewartanthony5784 Год назад
I have watched this TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie so many times, and it is still fresh, relevant, and profound to me! Thank you Chimamanda!
@fatmatajalloh-turay5749
@fatmatajalloh-turay5749 2 года назад
When she speaks.. I feel proud to see an educated woman who is just like me representing AFRICANS WELL. This woman gives me the confidence that I need.
@brianal7143
@brianal7143 2 года назад
She’s hands down one of my favorite authors. She’s Toni Morrison level, she’s a gem 🙌🏾
@nnennajohn9743
@nnennajohn9743 2 года назад
I couldn't have said this better. She's amazing!❤️
@TheMissionLog
@TheMissionLog Год назад
But are you an "Authentic African" ;P
@nahumflores7182
@nahumflores7182 Год назад
@@TheMissionLog Amazing! There are great story tellers in all different levels of humanity. However, you find the best story tellers in the margins. The only problem is that they don't have a platform like this, but that doesn't matter because their stories transmit value and knowledge in their communal living.
@MCBPZ
@MCBPZ 7 лет назад
Most civil comments ever seen on a youtube video
@candicekeene2133
@candicekeene2133 7 лет назад
Hahaha. I felt the same way scrolling and reading. You know how you begin to read and like...let the drama begin! ding ding! These comments ive me hope in us!
@candicekeene2133
@candicekeene2133 7 лет назад
*give
@authornikkih8266
@authornikkih8266 6 лет назад
I'm so freaking happy finally civil people on the internet you!
@andie_Jones
@andie_Jones 6 лет назад
MCBPZ I agree with you. The comments are amazing.
@abolishice591
@abolishice591 5 лет назад
Every one of Adichie's talks seems to be a breeding ground for understanding and tolerance and I don't think it's hard to see why
@echoz6894
@echoz6894 2 года назад
Her words can always inspire me. This is almost from 10 years ago but I could still feel the power in it.
@kayonsalvadon5323
@kayonsalvadon5323 2 года назад
I'm an African/Nigerian too. This went deep and showed how a single story can do so much with words. Like most people say words have power and this is one of the best examples I've seen in a long time. I hope you pass this on to generations to the next.
@KrystaalMMD
@KrystaalMMD 3 года назад
Teachers during Corona when they see this: Hippity hoopity, you're now the school's property.
@anayamahmood9632
@anayamahmood9632 3 года назад
it's hoppity hippity hoppity this is my property
@KrystaalMMD
@KrystaalMMD 3 года назад
@@anayamahmood9632 lol.
@uzi_the_drone
@uzi_the_drone 3 года назад
Salami Lid
@CaitlynWongSkate
@CaitlynWongSkate 3 года назад
not me watching this in english class
@marthidarthi5678
@marthidarthi5678 3 года назад
Omg lol 😂
@kemmonyeidahseitio6097
@kemmonyeidahseitio6097 5 лет назад
"The danger of a single story is that it robs people of their dignity."
@brebre2480
@brebre2480 4 года назад
And their identity
@Dustshoe
@Dustshoe 4 года назад
Kemmonye Idah Seitio - no, it galvanises others to tell their own stories. Perhaps credit is due to the original story-teller for that.
@lungiao229
@lungiao229 4 года назад
I'm with you hommie👌
@ElijahShawmaliciousboy
@ElijahShawmaliciousboy 4 года назад
@Someone from Israel That is not the truth at all. There were plenty of successful empires in Africa before europeans came, the oldest University Timbuktu was in Africa and were performing surgeries well before white people came. There are plenty of african countries thriving today, what you are spouting is worn out stereotypes and false narratives
@evaroa3311
@evaroa3311 4 года назад
@Someone from Israel Where do you place Ethiopia with your assertions?! They were never colonized by the white man but have some of the best doctors, one of the first to fly planes across Atlantic, one of the first to have electric passenger trains etc. Check your facts mate!
@diyatheresajojo8904
@diyatheresajojo8904 2 года назад
I am from India, Kerala , in tenth standard we have this speech as a lesson in English. The moral was that single stories create stereotypes that are incomplete and make one story become the only story.
@silrana7166
@silrana7166 Год назад
Absolutely beautiful. I recently realised my own interpretation of Africa and India has been so unbelievably warped and distorted by what the western media outlets have shown me - even as a brown Tamil person, born and raised in the west. I know as a matter of fact I’m going to come back to this video and watch it multiple times. Absolute gem of wisdom, thank you Chimamanda! 🙏🏽💖✨
@leonardowild6565
@leonardowild6565 8 лет назад
This is the kind of speech that, within 19 minutes and 16 seconds, can not only make you see and think differently of Africa, South America and the rest of the world, but about a way to look for those stories that we aren't being told ... or told repeatedly so they become the only way we can look at reality.
@juliusjulius5960
@juliusjulius5960 6 лет назад
Inspired. ...great mind, great revelation there
@michaelheery7427
@michaelheery7427 5 лет назад
They have very little example to learn from in general.
@SethWatersVlogs
@SethWatersVlogs 9 лет назад
"Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity....When we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
@melanie_felony
@melanie_felony 9 лет назад
Seth Waters Great quote, that one is.
@cynthia41161
@cynthia41161 9 лет назад
Seth Waters Very powerful quote...I could listen to her speak forever...she is so articulate in her wording and making others understand what she is implying....
@SethWatersVlogs
@SethWatersVlogs 9 лет назад
cynthia41161 I agree! Though, I would say it's not implying. it is outright saying it: have a single story of any person, persons, or place, is harmful to everyone.
@cynthia41161
@cynthia41161 9 лет назад
Absolutely! What I mean when I say implying is a strong suggestion that there are implications to a single story...thanks for your reply Seth Waters...
@theAwkwardAvocado
@theAwkwardAvocado Год назад
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie perfectly describes the danger to stories told with a single narrative. The message is still relevant and perhaps even more so today. This is a world where social media algorithms can accurately predict and display media that align with your beliefs in order to keep you connected for ad revenue. And while you are only seeing what you imagine to be true, you also share your same online space with others who think alike, creating echo chambers of a certain viewpoint. Groups that become radicalized in this way are even sometimes able to wield their capacity to shape a narrative of their own victimhood or supremacy. It's more important than ever to try where we can to spread not just a single narrative, but ones that help to create a bigger picture.
@victarine
@victarine Год назад
This talk + her book 'The thing around your neck' is what im currently studying as an IB student and let me tell you.. the extent to which i have analysed this book makes me fall in love with this woman even more. Fierce, powerful and insightful - Adichie is a goddess.
@bethanycouture486
@bethanycouture486 3 года назад
Her complexion is just GORGEOUS! All glowing and perfect..
@helens1016
@helens1016 2 года назад
Kimberly.
@asiaword947
@asiaword947 3 года назад
This is by far one of the best assignments I’ve ever had.. I enjoyed every min of this message and understood it’s importance for being taught. I hope everyone would truly glean from the words spoken. I am joyed to spend my school dollars on diverse teaching and studying. It’s thought provoking which better shapes our minds and attitudes. Thus, this is beyond a classroom assignment if you truly reflect on it.
@chippios
@chippios 2 года назад
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@lgjoojaahyffakaffejavlahaha 2 года назад
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@That0nepinecone
@That0nepinecone 2 года назад
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@stinkyToilet-u3l
@stinkyToilet-u3l 2 года назад
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@anidroid1540
@anidroid1540 2 года назад
Bro I’m in freshman year and I fell asleep 5 minutes into her talking
@madelainekane760
@madelainekane760 Год назад
Quite often, I like to play this video when I either want to relax or fall asleep. Adichie's voice is so soothing to me and the points that she makes are very deep and true.
@oliverkibet4269
@oliverkibet4269 Год назад
It's one year now since I discovered this great piece, whenever I listen to people talk about things or whenever I walk around places,it comes to my mind. Here, I am today watching again. Everyday I find the dangers of Single story very relevant. It can sure kill.
@nancynavarro-leca3634
@nancynavarro-leca3634 9 лет назад
Chimamanda is not just beautiful on the outside but a beautiful human being. She is insightful, compassionate and truly understands how stereo types are formed.
@markuy5485
@markuy5485 5 лет назад
Nancy Navarro-Leca what is the standard of beauty?
@johnphillips4909
@johnphillips4909 4 года назад
This is probably the best TED Talk I've seen.
@suzeac404
@suzeac404 4 года назад
John Phillips I know right! Was thinking exactly the same thing.
@aaliyahmccall8562
@aaliyahmccall8562 4 года назад
Yes without a doubt there's so much to reflect on.
@realerdealers1924
@realerdealers1924 4 года назад
This is the best ted talk you’ve ever seen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KTJn_DBTnrY.html
@plumrexsupreme1038
@plumrexsupreme1038 3 года назад
You should watch the procrastination one
@jedijazzygamer5369
@jedijazzygamer5369 3 года назад
You’re so right, it is really good
@mieshaedwards8891
@mieshaedwards8891 2 года назад
This talk will stay with me for the rest of my life! It's has impacted me greatly! As a 2nd semester, Social Work Graduate student, this talk was an assignment from last semester. I have referred to this talk in at least 3 papers since then and many times in conversation! Great job, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
@katezuokumor4252
@katezuokumor4252 5 месяцев назад
I don't know how many times I've listened to this speech, it will go down as one of her best speeches. I love chimamanda. So proud of her.
@robyn6074
@robyn6074 8 лет назад
"She asked if she could listen to what she called my 'tribal' music, and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey" LOL
@JALSY09
@JALSY09 8 лет назад
+robyn I was hoping someone would comment that quote haha so good
@lovedichoreo1529
@lovedichoreo1529 8 лет назад
WTF?
@francinejuan5385
@francinejuan5385 6 лет назад
I LOVED THAT BIT
@daniellevaughn4598
@daniellevaughn4598 6 лет назад
love di choreo did you not hear that part of her story?
@faithoffaith
@faithoffaith 6 лет назад
I'm a fan of Mariah too! lol
@beayn
@beayn 8 лет назад
I absolutely love how there isn't a hint of racism in her. This is the kind of person who needs to lead the world to betterment.
@apeaceofegg4me
@apeaceofegg4me 8 лет назад
black ppl cant be racist, and reverse racism doesnt exist
@beayn
@beayn 8 лет назад
angelique lol... You're either a troll or an SJW. Go look up the meaning of racism instead of trying to redefine it to suit your purposes.
@RosalieMaryRose
@RosalieMaryRose 7 лет назад
black people can be racism to white person, well, and many do
@EchNPals
@EchNPals 7 лет назад
+RosalieMaryRose can be racism?
@choconutbuns
@choconutbuns 7 лет назад
Blacks can be racist towards other pocs; if it's towards non poc it is called prejudice. The main difference between prejudice and racism, is that with racism, the stereotypes and assumptions of a group keeps them oppressed; since whites are not oppressed like pocs, it leans more towards prejudice.
@eronvox
@eronvox 2 года назад
The best speech I've ever heard about the harms of prejudice, about the power of distorting a story. My respect to Chimamanda Adichie!!!
@rafisalfonsonin4908
@rafisalfonsonin4908 Год назад
This is one of the first videos that I ever watch when I began to learn about Narrative Therapy. This is powerful for understanding the danger of a single story. Narrative Therapy Practices state that people are multi-storied. There are multiple stories happening simultaneously.
@yangto996
@yangto996 3 года назад
"When we reject the single-story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place - we regain a kind of paradise." I adore this woman!
@qsnakeyk9732
@qsnakeyk9732 2 года назад
i need a explanation of this sentence
@Saff_TV
@Saff_TV 2 года назад
When you stop looking at things,people , situations, one sided and you expand your mind to see from a different perspective,the story changes... To something more favouable,most times.
@Lina-ws3sy
@Lina-ws3sy 2 года назад
Me too! Not only that she is a storytelling genius, she is also a lucid voice of a future world. :)
@az4daze
@az4daze 2 года назад
@Zeko💤 around 18:00
@figurante2404
@figurante2404 2 года назад
Foda-se
@skaterdbl
@skaterdbl 7 лет назад
She came to my high school and is such an honest, true talent. Such an amazing speaker and so brutally honest.
@wormgoblin5048
@wormgoblin5048 5 лет назад
That must of been amazing getting to talk to a peer and watching them take a passion or a talent and watch it flurish. I'd be proud to used or know someone like that.
@pinkytumi4208
@pinkytumi4208 5 лет назад
Which school?
@sackmajik
@sackmajik 5 лет назад
@insane hermit What a bizarre comment.
@godofgamers3884
@godofgamers3884 5 лет назад
insane hermit sorry, my parents are African but I was born in North America. If you tell me to go home then I’ll just stay here, because this is my home.
@kamzamosweu2269
@kamzamosweu2269 5 лет назад
@insane hermit she never said that, she said they are many stories about Africa, not only your story. Maybe you should travel to Africa to understand her.
@pyl1503
@pyl1503 8 месяцев назад
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:12 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares her experience of growing up with a limited perspective due to reading predominantly British and American literature, leading to a narrow understanding of her own culture. 02:16 Adichie highlights the importance of representation in literature and how discovering African writers expanded her understanding of the diversity of stories that can exist. 05:26 Adichie emphasizes the danger of a single story, citing personal experiences of being stereotyped and patronized based on Western media's limited portrayal of Africa. 10:05 Adichie delves into the power dynamics of storytelling, illustrating how narratives shaped by those in power can perpetuate stereotypes and skew perceptions. 13:38 Adichie advocates for a balanced portrayal of different stories from diverse perspectives, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging both the struggles and the successes within various communities. 17:36 Adichie highlights the transformative potential of stories, illustrating how they can empower, humanize, and help regain a sense of dignity, ultimately advocating for the rejection of the single story. Made with HARPA AI
@nae9301
@nae9301 8 месяцев назад
thank you !! really helps with my essay
@kkurajellies
@kkurajellies 8 месяцев назад
tysm❤❤❤❤
@Madletye
@Madletye 11 месяцев назад
13 years later and this video is still so profound 👐
@sarahmiller7214
@sarahmiller7214 7 лет назад
Almost cried. What a strong, beautiful and smart woman. She's a ray of hope and I aspire to be like her.
@abubakariisah1725
@abubakariisah1725 6 лет назад
Sarah Miller h
@abubakariisah1725
@abubakariisah1725 6 лет назад
Sarah Miller h
@michaelheery7427
@michaelheery7427 5 лет назад
Wish AFRICANS STOP LOOKING FOR MONEY.
@radiance65
@radiance65 5 лет назад
That's nice dear, but aspire to be like you. No one can be a better you than you.
@kamzamosweu2269
@kamzamosweu2269 5 лет назад
@@radiance65 nothing wrong with someone inspiring the other,, I think she means in terms of achieving her goals and doing what she love.
@theloneliesttoad8255
@theloneliesttoad8255 9 лет назад
I am now eternally indebted to my English teacher for introducing me to this wonderful mind.
@Jaclose
@Jaclose 5 месяцев назад
🎯 Key Takeaways: 00:12 📚 *Chimamanda Adichie discusses "the danger of the single story," emphasizing how early exposure to foreign stories can shape our perceptions.* 02:16 🌍 *Adichie's perception of literature changed when she discovered African books, realizing people like her could exist in literature.* 03:21 🤝 *Adichie's experience with her houseboy Fide highlights the impact of a single story, where she initially saw his family only as poor.* 05:26 🌎 *Adichie's identity as an African was shaped by stereotypes and misconceptions held by others, highlighting the power of narratives.* 07:56 🧐 *Adichie shares her own experience of contributing to the single story by making assumptions about Mexicans based on media coverage.* 10:05 💬 *Adichie discusses the concept of "nkali" and how stories are influenced by power structures, often defining the narrative of others.* 13:38 🌍 *Adichie emphasizes the importance of diverse stories about Africa, not solely focused on catastrophes, to truly understand a place or person.* 16:08 📖 *Adichie highlights the significance of storytelling and how it can empower, humanize, and repair the dignity of people.*
@bridgeonkarandinib1k690
@bridgeonkarandinib1k690 2 года назад
As a pan African, this is food to the soul. Forever African, proudly African ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🇰🇪🌎
@eeman13
@eeman13 4 года назад
10 years later. Her words are so strong. Perspective changing.
@jennamarcus4283
@jennamarcus4283 4 года назад
The power of words is timeless.
@mslolab6343
@mslolab6343 4 года назад
Her beautiful eyes 👀. Her heritage shines through her face, her soul. Proud ❤️
@Damian-hv6os
@Damian-hv6os 4 года назад
Uds have a Beautifull eyes
@garybesaw
@garybesaw 3 года назад
I have no idea what she said the entire time, although I did hear her beautiful voice. She is just a flat out beautiful, and gorgeous woman. And you can tell she is is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.
@Jkingknox
@Jkingknox 3 года назад
Proud of what?
@jadebruce4091
@jadebruce4091 3 года назад
Jkingknox her country tf
@Jkingknox
@Jkingknox 3 года назад
@@jadebruce4091 just asking question and the i get cursed out man this world changing
@moreblessingmushohwe6506
@moreblessingmushohwe6506 11 месяцев назад
This is my favorite speech by Chimamanda. I have listened to it a number of times now. She's so confident, eloquent and proud of her African roots. I love her. What an inspiration!
@Lahongrais
@Lahongrais 2 года назад
As a fan of Ms. Adichie's writing, I knew this would be inspiring. But, as an independent author of color, I was moved to tears for single stories have been told about me and my ancestors for generations.
@Georgeos777
@Georgeos777 2 года назад
author of colour? are there also transparent people? you could say one colour because everything brown but not simply colour
@Egypt1177
@Egypt1177 2 года назад
@@Georgeos777 “author of color” as in not white.
@Georgeos777
@Georgeos777 2 года назад
@@Egypt1177 "white" includes many colours, brown is only one
@Lahongrais
@Lahongrais 2 года назад
@@Georgeos777 I disagree. Brown is definitely not white.
@Georgeos777
@Georgeos777 2 года назад
@@Lahongrais i never said this so you cant disagree, besides that no one is literal white skinned..
@icanexplain5974
@icanexplain5974 3 года назад
man she is so pretty
@resikin
@resikin 3 года назад
simp
@icanexplain5974
@icanexplain5974 3 года назад
@@resikin i sure am
@anincognitouser1440
@anincognitouser1440 3 года назад
._.
@georginamikael473
@georginamikael473 3 года назад
@@resikin being complimentary = simp. Gotcha, volcel
@bratsarchive320
@bratsarchive320 3 года назад
@@georginamikael473 simp
@tichamedia9943
@tichamedia9943 8 лет назад
I really enjoyed this. I wish Chimamanda Adichie would also tell Africans about the single story we hear aboutlavish lifestyles in Europe and USA. They make African people risk their lives for example on the Mediterranean sea with the hope of going to a heavenly place only to find there are actually more hardships waiting fo them in Europe and USA than in Africa.
@faustinaobaro4650
@faustinaobaro4650 8 лет назад
+Helen Wanjiru That's such a good point
@GreaterDeity
@GreaterDeity 8 лет назад
+Helen Wanjiru Yes!
@TheMindMan
@TheMindMan 8 лет назад
Read her book "Americanah"! I'm sure you will find interesting as it takes up that.
@Onlineintrovert
@Onlineintrovert 7 лет назад
I agree with you sister. My dream is that one day Africa as a whole will be prosperous and the needy will flee to there to seek aid and shelter. When will our nations realize unity is the way to success and end all forms of corruption? 🤔🤔😩
@heritetiene4733
@heritetiene4733 7 лет назад
The Mind Man
@hillarym.eyankson599
@hillarym.eyankson599 Год назад
Years later and i still come back to this! Love her so muchhh!❤
@Ogamunesunday
@Ogamunesunday Год назад
Years later in time, 2023, the message still resonates it's meaning and purpose across the landscape of Nigeria
@Fabiola-vv6kj
@Fabiola-vv6kj 5 лет назад
i remember watching this ted talk in my english class a couple of months ago and when she mentioned Guadalajara and her opinion about mexico i started crying because i was feeling really homesick and her words were beautiful but specially i felt her story. i’ve been in the US for almost a year and stereotypes are hurtful sometimes but it’s because they’re incomplete. i love so much this ted talk
@Radi8royal
@Radi8royal 4 года назад
💞💞💞
@IlianaGuadalupe
@IlianaGuadalupe 4 года назад
Animo, lucha, no te rindas. Pronto seremos mayoria y espero no repetir los errores que se vienen repitiendo con nuestra gente.
@livi4863
@livi4863 4 года назад
@Hutchinson Gellert This is a comment section, it is meant for people to speak up about their opinions. Dont read through them if you dislike different perspectives on a subject, you are really not blessing anyone with your presence.
@iwantyouinthissong
@iwantyouinthissong 7 лет назад
I am mexican, I came to visit the USA and all of my friends were surprised that I didn't hve to work and I came to see things with my money. This made me feel so angry but I found this video which I shared with them.
@schmitty918
@schmitty918 7 лет назад
Jesus Gt yes?
@olaolga
@olaolga 5 лет назад
Well, perhaps you can tell the other Mexicans that they don't have to run the border and how to make money at home?
@LinneAzalea
@LinneAzalea 5 лет назад
I’m sorry to hear that happened and I hope that maybe you helped teaching those people that there’s not just a single story about Mexico/Mexicans! Also please ignore the idiot above. This amazing 20 minutes video obviously went straight over his/her head.
@olaolga
@olaolga 5 лет назад
And here comes a virtue signaling moron!
@LinneAzalea
@LinneAzalea 5 лет назад
Dude, I feel for you. Still seeing only a single story about Mexicans, even after watching someone explain it in such a clear way, must mean you are not a very bright crayon.
@hbb1helena
@hbb1helena 2 года назад
What a wonderful story teller is Chimamanda Adichie! I have recently began to read her books and I can't stop anymore.
@brendaumana9989
@brendaumana9989 Год назад
I love this story so much. Captivating. Truth. Eloquence. And I can't help but notice that there is a single story about "America" in this speech too. America or Americans are not only from the United States. There is also South America and Latin America - they are technically American too. Yet the single story of the word "America" here and widely used by everyone (including US people!) is that they are from the United States. Yes, language has shorthand "all the time" but there's an impact that happens when we collectively do that, as Chimamanda has so beautifully explained the dangers of that.
@Ilham-bm2ss
@Ilham-bm2ss Год назад
So what is the different story?
@davidijale5930
@davidijale5930 Год назад
We know everything you are talking about but this stereotype is cussed by the Americans themselves especially the people of USA not outsiders.
@sphl1009
@sphl1009 Год назад
It's so interesting because when we try to tell a different story, allt hese political uprisings happen. For example: Critical Race theory
@pamelaroyce5285
@pamelaroyce5285 Год назад
Worldwide, “America” is synonymous with “the United States.” Languages use shorthand all the time.
@MsBimbobear
@MsBimbobear Год назад
The different story is that the name "America" was given to the American landmass in 1507, the entire landmass. And it inhabitants were called "Americans" since. A century later, the British arrived, and named the part of America they took over "British America". The inhabitants of that area who moved there from Britain, were called by the British "British American" and because for them there was no need to say "British" as they would only talk about British Americans, they would call those British simply "Americans", even though they were invaders to the land and had zero actual American blood. The original people from the Americas don't look White (but this is the reason why American in its common usage means White by default and prefixes are added to other groups like "Asian American".) Then, the independence happened, and the country that was born from a part of what used to be British America was named "United States of America", dropping "British" from the name, and using "America" in reference to the landmass were these states were located. There were debates about what the demonym should be and some of these documents can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (some which say "we can't use American because it belongs to everyone in the landmass"), but in the end, laziness won, they never agreed on a proper demonym, and they made what had simply been a nickname, an "official" demonym. The landmass continued to be called America in English until after WWII when the United States itself decided that it'd become two continents (instead of the convention in Spanish which never changed in which the landmass is a continent and North and South America are subcontinents and not separate continents), and created this concept of "the Americas". Here I could say a lot about how the name America was used an abused in whichever way was convenient until after the wars ended. In the end, the only reason the USA has got the name of the landmass in its name is because they began as a settlement of White people in a different continent, just like Australia and South Africa (Afrikaners). People who were already there wouldn't be inclined to use the name of the continent in the name of the country, which is why you don't encounter countries named this way in Europe or Asia, because they weren't invaded in the same way. And now, U.S. Americans claim to be the only Americans and continuously try to omit the fact that most people in the landmass use the word America to mean the entire landmass (there's a reason why America is a word of Latin origin, and not of Anglo origin). Even worse is that they call the ones to the South of them simply "Latino", which doesn't make any sense, but that's another story. Among those called Latino by them, is where you should expect to find the most genes from the American landmass, the actual people from the Americas.
@TheEstame
@TheEstame 10 лет назад
I am fully behind that one man who stood up to clap at the end.
@manlikeinnocentortiz4914
@manlikeinnocentortiz4914 3 года назад
I'm watching this 11years later
@gracepepical310
@gracepepical310 3 года назад
Me too
@nayadabdallah9917
@nayadabdallah9917 3 года назад
Me too
@mojoman5884
@mojoman5884 3 года назад
Me too
@bobby37038
@bobby37038 3 года назад
This is timeless
@viniciuslima9430
@viniciuslima9430 3 года назад
Me too. But I am glad that I found this now because 11 years ago, I don’t think I would have understand how powerful her message is.
@lydiathompson8307
@lydiathompson8307 2 года назад
When we reject the single story, paradise is regained! Those last words are quite touching. Who else is enjoying this beautiful and insightful video in 2022?
@user-ok1bz1rk9s
@user-ok1bz1rk9s Год назад
I attend the University of Ghana, and my instructor has given us this film to watch. What a crucial message. I'm grateful.
@mariaivonneoropezahernande8449
@mariaivonneoropezahernande8449 2 года назад
Thank you Chimamanda for your words. I am from Mexico, and as you say mexican people are more than narcos (drugs), corruption, crimes, violence, etc. I recognize the problems that we are facing but Mexican people are hard-working, gentle, and honest people who are proud of their traditions, food, culture, and sympathy with others.
@figurante2404
@figurante2404 2 года назад
Poderia me vender algumas drogas? 👀🔥
@muhibiuthman7096
@muhibiuthman7096 2 года назад
Thank you Mexico for giving the world tacos and burritos
@Olokw
@Olokw 2 года назад
@@figurante2404 intankavel esse bostil
@ipekkutlu78
@ipekkutlu78 2 года назад
I love my Mexican sisters and brothers. Big warm hug from San Francisco
@dariosanchez7699
@dariosanchez7699 2 года назад
jajja pero también somos bien flojos y borrachos!! Y pues no hay que olvidar todos los conflictos qué tenemos con los indígenas de varios estados!
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